on the first week
Classes started on the Tuesday after Labour Day, and so now after a week I’ve met all my students. I’ve definitely already made a few rookie errors — I let too many additional students into my academic...
View Articlethe five stages of grading
Everyone is familiar with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and her stage model of coping with grief popularly known as the five stages of grief. What you may not know is that Kübler-Ross actually developed her...
View Articleit’s that time of year
With the drop date approaching, it’s time to have a series of difficult conversations with students, ranging from “you need to pick things up a little if you want to do well” to “you can’t possibly...
View Articleon group work
I’m teaching a half-online class this semester — it follows a typical hybrid learning model, with half the class conversation happening in person, two hours a week, and the other half happening in an...
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get yer game on: the pros and cons of gamification
I’m thinking a lot about the good and bad things about gamification. I’m planning to gamify my first-year classes in the fall, and I know I tend to be a bit starry-eyed about the possibilities the...
View Articlebetter late than never
A bit behind schedule on the Monday post this week — apologies. I’ve been thinking a lot about this ProfHacker post about teaching evening classes when you are not yourself a night person. My classes...
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